From witnessing active volcanoes and getting involved in community tourism to exploring stone cities that have stood for ...

The ancient Maya were a brilliant Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, ...

This flat stone monument, which stands on a pyramid at the Maya site of Piedras Negras in northwestern Guatemala, shows Lady K'atun-Ajaw, Namaan-Ajaw seated cross-legged on a throne. Her three ...

Your National Geographic Society membership helped fund recent excavations at Holmul and La Corona, Guatemala ... but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization ...

The Maya originated around 3,000 years ago in present-day Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and Mexico. The Mayan empire flourished in the southern regions from around 250 AD to 900 AD. The empire in the ...

315-318 (4 pages) "I am more and more convinced that we shouldn't follow the examples of development of Europe and the United States," says Monseñor Alvaro Ramazzini, Bishop of San Marcos and ...

At Muyil, you’ll see what is known as Peten architecture, with steep walled pyramids similar to those at the famous Tikal ...